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Colorado | NRVOA 2019 COLORADO RV PARKS & CAMPGROUNDS RECOMMENDED BY THE NRVOA Colorado Colorado is known for its famous Rocky Mountains and is a year- round destination that boasts spectacular national parks, forests, gold-rush ghost towns and Native American ruins. The state has an impressive count of 54 mountains over 4,267 m (14,000 ft). The capital, Denver, is the gateway to numerous ski resorts and is home to many museums, parks, gardens and a restored Victorian square. Located at 1,609 m (5,280 ft) above sea level, on high rolling plains at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is known as the Mile-High City and is the largest city within a 1,000 km (625-mile) radius. Founded as a gold-mining camp in 1859, Denver was the center of the Old West, filled with wagon trains, cowboys, Native Americans, gamblers and gunfighters. Notable Attractions • Invesco Field (home to the Denver Broncos) • Colorado History Museum • Denver Art Museum • Rocky Mountain National Park • Colorado Springs (home to the Olympic Training Facility!) • Many World Class Ski Resorts • Aspen • The Denver Zoo ...And Much More! State Description Courtesy of iexplore Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 2 Table of Contents Allenspark Olive Ridge Campground Antonito Canon Bonito RV & Fisherman’s Club Arboles Pinon Park Campground & RV Resort Bayfield Vallecito Resort Blanca Blanca RV Park Brush Memorial Park Campground Buena Vista Snowy Peaks RV & Rentals Canon City Mountain View RV Mountan View Resort Cedaredge Island Lake Campground Cedaredge Little Bear Campground Clark Pearl Lake State Park Colorado Springs Foot of the Rockies RV Resort & Storage Colorado Springs Goldfield RV Park Colorado Springs Mountaindale RV Resort Cortez La Mesa RV Park Cripple Creek R N K Park & Camp Del Norte Woods & River RV Park Estes Park Moraine Park Campground Rocky Mountain National Park Grand Junction Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 3 Junction West RV Park Grand Lake Stillwater Campground Gunnison Blue Mesa Escape Gunnison Gunnison Lakeside Resort Ignacio Sky Ute Casino Resort Leadville Leadville RV Corral Loveland Riverview RV Park & Campground Montrose Centennial RV Park & Campground Monument Colorado Heights Resort Naturita High Country RV Park Pueblo West Haggard’s RV Campground Rangely Buck N Bull RV Park Rifle Rifle Falls State Park Seibert Shady Grove Campground Silverton Silver Summit RV Park Silverton Eureka Campground South Fork South Fork Lodge, Cabins and RV Park South Fork Alpine Trails RV Park South Fork Aspen Ridge RV Park South Fork Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 4 Goodnight’s Lonesome Dove RV Campground & Cabins South Fork Peacock Meadows Riverside RV Park South Fork Ute Bluff Lodge, Cabins & RV Park Stratton Marshall Ash Village RV Park & Conoco Gas Station Towaoc Sleeping Ute RV Park Trinidad Cawthon RV Park & Motel Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 5 Allenspark Olive Ridge Campground Park #8866803 Site Information Special Attractions Directions Full hookups. Fire rings. Grills. • Rocky Mountain National Park The campground is located on the west side of Colorado Highway 7, between Allenspark and Meeker Park at mile-marker 14. It is approximately six miles Recreation Amenities/Facilities Biking, sightseeing, hiking, north of the intersection of Restrooms, showers, laundry, fishing, and swimming Colorado Highways 7 and 72 dump station, and pet area (which is 21 miles west-north- west of Lyons), 15 miles south of Estes park, and 29 miles north of Nederland. Of Interest Olive Ridge is close to the Wild Rate: $17-$20 Basin area of the Rocky Mountain National Park. Several trailheads are in the area, including Wild Basin, Finch Lake and Sandbeach Lake trails. Contact Information Popular activities include CO Hwy 7 Mile Marker 14 fishing, hiking and mountain Olive Ridge, CO climbing. (303) 541-2500 Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 6 Antonito Canon Bonito RV & Fisherman’s Club Park #985554 Our private waters on the unsung gem of Colorado fishing, the Conejos River, provide you with the perfect trifecta of trout fishing, Big Hungry Browns, Graceful and Hard Fighting Rainbows and the Rare and Elusive Cutthroat. Site Information Special Attractions Directions Full hookups. 20/30/50 AMP. • Conejos River From Alamosa, CO: go south on Back in sites. Pull through sites. Hwy 285 to Antonito, CO. • San Juan Mountains Continue on Hwy 17 W 4 miles • Fantastic Fishing Can accommodate various size to village of Mogote. Turn L onto RVs County Rd D5 (you'll see the RV Recreation Park sign) and travel 2 miles. Fishing, biking, hiking, Turn right at entrance, cross Amenities/Facilities horseshoes, nature viewing bridge & follow park signs. From Wi-Fi, restrooms, showers, laundry, dump station, fire rings Santa Fe, NM: take Hwy 285 Of Interest north to Antonito, turn L when In addition to our private water 285 and Colo 17 come to a T. and crowd free accommodations, you will be within easy driving distance of Rate: $30 many high mountain streams and tributaries of the Conejos River Drainage. High up in the San Juans, at the source of the Conejos, there are rumors of the last Grizzly to roam the high Contact Information places of Colorado, and there is 6819 Country Rd. D5 the certainty of beautiful, elegant Antonito, CO 81120 and native trout that have (719) 376.2274 inspired trout fisherman for www.canonbonitorv.com generations. We invite you to [email protected] come visit our secluded and unspoiled stretch of some of the finest fly-fishing country in the west. Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 7 Arboles Pinon Park Campground & RV Resort Park #1058 Pinon Park is the only full-service RV Park and campground with full hook-ups near the shores of Navajo Lake in Colorado. Site Information Special Attractions Directions 30 sites. Full hookups. 30/50 • Durango & Silverton Travel Hwy 151 off of 160 AMP service. Railroad toward Ignacio. Make a left toward Navajo State Park. • Navajo Lake State Park Can accommodate RVs up to Proceed pass the convenience 40+’ • Pagosa Hot Springs store and gas station. The 1st left past the store will be Milton • Sky Ute Casino Lane. Take Milton Lane .25 to Amenities/Facilities • Chimney Rock Lazy Land. Make a left on Lazy Wi-Fi (on porch), dump station, Archaeological Site Lane and proceed to the Pinon restrooms, pavilion, grills, Park office. • Anasazi Indian Artifacts laundry, and store Recreation Nearby horseback riding, golf, Rate: $25 sailing, windsurfing, fishing boat/houseboat/pontoon rental and gold medal fly fishing rivers Of Interest Contact Information Pinon Park also has lodging; 2- 19 Lazy Lane bedroom cabin, 2-bedroom Arboles, CO 81121 doublewide modular with an 888.926.1749 enclosed patio, and a 32 foot 2- bedroom mobile with a nice deck. [email protected] Navajo Lake and Arboles, Colorado is located southeast of Ignacio and 45 minutes from Durango and Pagosa Springs, off Highway 151, near the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 8 Bayfield Vallecito Resort Park #8221 Nestled in the Rocky Mountains in southwest Colorado, Vallecito Resort offers temperate summers, outstanding beauty and a full range of leisure activities. Spend your days fishing in Vallecito Lake, horseback riding in the surrounding wilderness and exploring nearby Durango. Or, sit back in your camp chair, breathe in our clean mountain air and do nothing at all. Site Information Special Attractions Directions 150 sites. Full hookups. Pull • Downtown Durango Travel west on CO 160 off of I25 thru sites. Back in sites. 30/50 at Walsenberg and continue 60 • Mesa Verde National Park AMP service. mi to Blanca. 160 will be Main • Aztec Ruins Street in Blanca. Can accommodate RVs up to 70’ • Narrow Gauge Railroad • Durango’s Animas River Valley Amenities/Facilities • Mesa Verde Cliff Palace Wi-Fi, cable TV, dump station, restrooms, showers, laundry, • Vallecito Lake propane, ice, store, BBQ, picnic area, chapel, recycling center, clubhouse, and large pavilion Recreation with tables & grills. Dance hall, book libraries, children’s play area, 2 outdoor hot tubs, game room, ping pong, bumper pool and wood fired pizza on the Fridays Memorial Rates: $44 Day-Labor Day. Of Interest Vallecito Resort is the perfect Contact Information destination for both the full time 13030 City Road 501 RVer who wants to summer in Bayfield, CO 81122 the coolness of the mountains as well as the vacationer who has 970.884.9458 just a week or two to spend in [email protected] the great outdoors. Surrounded by the unspoiled San Juan www.vallecitoresort.com National Forest, Vallecito Resort RV Park offers the tranquility of nature, along with a full range of amenities. Colorado | NRVOA Recommended RV Parks & Campgrounds: 2019 Return to Table of Contents 9 Blanca Blanca RV Park Park #1059 Located 4 miles from Fort Garland and 20 miles from Alamosa and the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Site Information Special Attractions Directions 26 sites. Full hookups. Tent • Great Sand Dunes Nat’l Travel west on CO 160 off of I25 sites. 30/50 AMP service. Monument at Walsenberg and continue 60 mi to Blanca. 160 will be Main • Zapata Falls Can accommodate various size Street in Blanca. RVs • Grand Rounds Scenic Byway Amenities/Facilities Recreation Wi-Fi, convenience store, LP, Nearby hiking, fishing, and gas station, showers, storage hunting. and laundry. Of Interest Blanca is a small mountain community that sits at the base Rate: $28 of the 14,345-foot giant, Mt. Blanca, the fourth highest mountain in Colorado. The Town of Blanca was Contact Information founded in August 1908 after a 521 Main St.
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